Officiating Error Costs Game

In an article in the Seattle Times, officiating error in the Big Sky conference is brought to light.

 

This past weekend, North Carolina University played Portland State University. The game ended with a very controversial call that cost NCU the game. This same call has sense been overturned by officials. However, unfortunately, the outcome of the game cannot be changed and all the officials can do is apologize.

 

The play in question was when NCU was penalized for an illegal block that overturned a touchdown scored in the last three seconds of the game. Had NCU not been penalized, the game would have been tied and it would have gone to overtime.

 

With the negation of the penalty coming three days too late, NCU lost a chance to win their first game of the season.

 

Mistakes like this seem to happen often in college football. Although it is commendable that officials have admitted their mistake, this does not mean much to NCU fans who sat by and watched their team lose for the 11^th week in a row.